A married Premier League footballer who already has three children by his wife and mistress has just taken a second bride in his native Cote'Ivoire.

Cheick Tiote, 28, who earns £45,000 a week playing for Newcastle United, reportedly wed Laeticia Doukrou in a traditional ceremony earlier this month, saying taking another wife was 'nothing unusual' given he is a Muslim.

But news of the second wedding came as a surprise to his first wife,
Madah, 25, who is said to have only found out about it on Facebook.

Madah, who lives with Tiote and their two children in a £1.5million
house in Ponteland, Newcastle, reportedly fainted with shock when she
saw the photographs of her husband marrying another woman.

Tiote akiwa na mkewe wa pili siku ya harusi yao

Meanwhile the midfielder also has a one-year-old child with mistress, 33-year-old Zimbabwean Nkosiphile Mpofu, known as Nikki.

Mke wa kwanza wa Tiote, Madah

His agent today confirmed reports he had got married for a second time.Jean Musampa said:

'I can say that he did get married and that it is his second marriage.This is nothing unusual. He is a Muslim.'

But his first wife, Madah, is said to have felt rather
differently.

According to Ivorian news website iMatin, Madah wasn't aware
of her husband taking a second wife, and found out about it through
social media.

They reported that she fainted when she saw the photos of her husband
marrying another woman - whose name she did not know - on Facebook.

Tiote na mkewe wa kwanza, Madah

The first Mrs Tiote is now said to have forgiven her husband, but his
33-year-old Zimbabwean mistress, Ms Mpofu, is believed to have recently
ended her three-year affair with the footballer after he allegedly promised to make her his wife.

While she was said to have been 'comfortable' with his being married,
she apparently decided to call the relationship off because he 'used me
like a mop'.